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The Society of St James Academy is really starting to take shape ready for the big launch in 2024. Lucy and Rebecca, our newly appointed Academy Leads, have been working hard over the last few months to design a learning pathway that will appear on the new Academy timetable alongside sports & hobbies and volunteering…

Patrick House is the location of one of SSJ’s Intensive Support Hostels and currently residing in one of the 57 rooms in the House in Millbrook is 23-year Jaike, pictured above with his support worker Natasha. Natasha and Jaike at Patrick House Last week I asked Jaike if I could talk with him about the…

In late May, 21 residents from our Integrated Offender Management services will climb Mount Snowdon in Snowdonia National Park.   Integrated Offender Management (IOM) is funded by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) and is a partnership approach involving The Society of St James, Hampshire Constabulary and probation.  The service is aimed…

Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Elaine at our Community Day Rehab (CDR) in Portsmouth. She is an inspirational lady, in recovery, who agreed to speak to me about her abseil fundraiser and why she is doing it. Whilst I was privileged and humbled to hear about Elaine’s life experiences, and could clearly…

Dentaid The Dental Charity, have been visiting our projects to bring a smile back to our residents faces.  We are extremely grateful for Dentaid’s work and the support that they have given to our residents over the last year.  They have provided 17 mobile clinics across our services in Southampton providing 369 treatments and putting…

We are proud to support International Women’s Day 2023 and the theme this year is Embracing Equity. Here we talk about the issues faced by women who are homeless, what we are doing to better support them and how you can help. Find out more about International  Women’s Day 2023. If you can help us…

Our Asset and Housing management teams brought another 6 self-contained flats online in Southampton last week and welcomed the 6 new residents.  All 6 flats are ring-fenced for those that have either been homeless or have been at risk of becoming homeless due to their vulnerability.  This brings us to a total of 20 new bed spaces purchased across Southampton, Portsmouth and Hampshire…

SSJ will be launching the new Academy in 2024 to provide a full timetable of meaningful activity including sports, crafts, learning and employment pathways for individuals that we support who have a history of homelessness and other support needs. In the meantime, our new Re-Set learning pathway will appear on our activity timetable next to…

“It was a gift for sure” said Simon who is homeless and supported by the Rough Sleeping Support Service (RSSS) in Portsmouth. Simon was talking about his appreciation for the free January haircut he and other residents of an RSSS hostel received. Shannon Droxford and Chris Jupp, local Portsmouth barbers, got together after realising they…